Session: Community Organizing: Challenges in the International Arena (Research that Promotes Sustainability and (re)Builds Strengths (January 15

Moderator:

Margaret Lombe, Phd, Assistant Professor

Schedule:

Saturday, January 17, 2009: 10:00 AM-11:45 AM

Mardi Gras Ballroom D (New Orleans Marriott)

* noted as presenting author

Rebuilding and Sustaining Livelihoods after a Natural Disaster: An Evaluation of a Microcredit Program for Poor Women in South India
Margaret Lombe, Phd, Assistant Professor; Karen Kayser, PhD, Professor; Chrisann Newransky, MA, MSW/PhD student

Community Participation, Sense of Community and Social Capital: China's Experience
Qingwen Xu, PhD, Assistant Professor; Julian Chow, PhD, Associate Professor

Session: Community Organizing: Challenges in the International Arena (Research that Promotes Sustainability and (re)Builds Strengths (January 15 - 18, 2009))